Students work in teams to answer questions and solve problems involving contract administration.

Who Should Attend

Government contracting officials will learn not only the rules but the best practices in contract administration. And, this course satisfies required FAC-C and DAWIA certification programs.

Business people, including those to aspire to become federal contractors, will learn how to use the power of being an incumbent to win future contracts as well as how to protect contractual interests.

How You Will Benefit

You will learn:

The fundamental concepts of government contract administration.

The rights of the parties when contract performance is not timely.

Both the government’s and the contractor’s rights when contract performance comes into question.

The policies and procedures for preparing and processing contract modifications.

How to apply the requirements of applicable contract clauses in various contracting scenarios.

The applicable payment clauses and invoicing procedures.

The policies and procedures for filing and processing contract disputes and appeals.

The policies and procedures pertaining to the complete or partial termination of contracts for the convenience of the government or for default.

All pertinent parts of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR).

Content

Contract administration basics

Contract modifications

Administration of selected terms and conditions

Delays

Quality assurance

Payment and cost allowability

Disputes and appeals

Terminations

Closeout

Materials

Each student receives a printed Student Guide, exercises, updated supplemental information, and exclusive access to web-based student resources. A complimentary breakfast is provided each morning, along with snacks throughout each day.

Additional Information

The Contracting Education Academy at Georgia Tech (The Academy) is an approved equivalency training provider to the Defense Acquisition University (DAU) and the Federal Acquisition Institute (FAI). Our courses satisfy both the FAC-C and the DAWIA certification programs. The coursework also provides students the opportunity to earn continuing education unit credits (CEUs) for acquisition and government contracting professionals as well as business professionals working for the government or pursuing opportunities in the federal contracting arena.

The Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs issued a report that found both a contractor and VA hospital officials demonstrated “shoddy planning” and poor oversight of an $8.7 million generator project that is $17.5 million over budget.

The VA in June 2014 hired Florida-based BCI Construction for $8.7 million to install a generator system and accompanying structure to house the unit at the Jack C. Montgomery VA Medical Center in Muskogee, Oklahoma. According to the inspector general, the VA did not submit an excavation plan for approval before beginning work. Subsequently, a hillside and parking lot collapsed, and the damage will cost $17.5 million to fix.

In addition to supervisory and procedural errors, the inspector general also found that BCI’s worksite to be unsafe. Safety inspections were sporadic, and 49 safety violations were never reported to the government contracting officer, which is a violation of VA policy.

The inspector general recommended requiring contracting officer representatives are qualified and follow VA regulations and mandating that employees follow safety inspection guidelines. The current Muskogee hospital director, hired after the collapse, said the facility has implemented the recommendations.

General Services Administration contracting officers are seeing a shift in big, complicated procurements as more agencies come to the shop looking for professional services rather than IT.

Overall, the Office of Assisted Acquisition Services — which helps other agencies that either don’t have a procurement shop or don’t have the expertise to manage large, complex buys — has seen double-digit growth over that last two years and is expecting to do so again over the next two years, Tom Howder, assistant commissioner for Assisted Acquisition Services, said at ACT-IAC’s Federal Insights Exchange on Feb. 22.

Part of that growth has been due to the addition of professional services as an area of expertise. That area is now outpacing IT in growth.

Students work in teams to answer questions and solve problems involving contract administration.

Who Should Attend

Government contracting officials will learn not only the rules but the best practices in contract administration. And, this course satisfies required FAC-C and DAWIA certification programs.

Business people, including those to aspire to become federal contractors, will learn how to use the power of being an incumbent to win future contracts as well as how to protect contractual interests.

How You Will Benefit

You will learn:

The fundamental concepts of government contract administration.

The rights of the parties when contract performance is not timely.

Both the government’s and the contractor’s rights when contract performance comes into question.

The policies and procedures for preparing and processing contract modifications.

How to apply the requirements of applicable contract clauses in various contracting scenarios.

The applicable payment clauses and invoicing procedures.

The policies and procedures for filing and processing contract disputes and appeals.

The policies and procedures pertaining to the complete or partial termination of contracts for the convenience of the government or for default.

All pertinent parts of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR).

Content

Contract administration basics

Contract modifications

Administration of selected terms and conditions

Delays

Quality assurance

Payment and cost allowability

Disputes and appeals

Terminations

Closeout

Materials

Each student receives a printed Student Guide, exercises, updated supplemental information, and exclusive access to web-based student resources. A complimentary breakfast is provided each morning, along with snacks throughout each day.

Additional Information

The Contracting Education Academy at Georgia Tech (The Academy) is an approved equivalency training provider to the Defense Acquisition University (DAU) and the Federal Acquisition Institute (FAI). Our courses satisfy both the FAC-C and the DAWIA certification programs. The coursework also provides students the opportunity to earn continuing education unit credits (CEUs) for acquisition and government contracting professionals as well as business professionals working for the government or pursuing opportunities in the federal contracting arena.

If you act now, you can learn how to navigate the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) — and all about contract planning, contract formation, and contract administration — before calendar year 2017 comes to a close.

The Defense Acquisition University (DAU) course — CON 090: FAR Fundamentals — is essential to everyone operating in the government contracting arena. But DAU and other training providers teach the course 19 days straight, making it difficult for many to attend because of work and family obligations.

The Contracting Education Academy at Georgia Tech addresses this challenge by teaching CON 090 in four, convenient one-week modules, each separated by approximately a month. The four CON 090 modules are currently scheduled as follows:

You may register for any or all of the modules listed above by clicking on the course titles. A brief description of each module follows.

CON 090-1: Contracting Overview of the FARcovers the identification of the basic principles of federal contracting, including the structure and content of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and agency supplements. You’ll learn the history and purpose of the FAR, along with how to accurately locate, cite, and interpret the regulations.

CON 090-3: Contract Formation in the FAR covers the policies and procedures for simplified acquisitions, sealed bidding as well as negotiated acquisitions, cost accounting standards, special contracting methods and emergency acquisitions, and the filing and handling of protests.

CON 090-4: Contract Administration in the FARcovers the fundamental concepts of contract administration, including the handling of untimely or non-compliant performance, interpretation of clauses, contract modifications, payments, contract disputes and appeals, and complete or partial contract terminations.

Even if you don’t have time to complete all four modules this year, you can at least begin the series now and then complete it by attending course modules when they repeat in the spring of 2018.

Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity — get started by registering for CON 090-1 now!